Chapters

On monsoons, memory, solitude, and why some books seem to belong to bad weather There are books we remember because of their plots, and others we remember because of the...

What July’s literary birthdays reveal about the many things a book can do A calendar is an unlikely way to arrange a bookshelf. Writers born in the same month need...

Some of literature's greatest stories begin with just one unforgettable sentence. Every reader remembers a book they simply couldn't put down. Sometimes it isn't the plot, the characters, or even...

Books for the Road, the Mountains, and the Quiet Places There is something about stepping away from everyday life that changes the way we think. Whether it's a motorcycle ride...

The author was from France, Lyon, where he was born and brought up within an aristocratic family. The book The Little Prince mirrors his own life experiences. We can identify...

Lost Libraries, Polar Expeditions, and the Stories That Survived the Waves Most books spend their lives exactly where we expect them to: on shelves, beside beds, tucked into backpacks, or...

Every generation seems convinced that it has discovered George Orwell anew. A political crisis erupts, a government overreaches, a debate about censorship emerges, and suddenly copies of 1984 begin appearing...

On days like the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride, cities briefly slow down in unusual ways. Motorcycles gather not as machines of aggression or spectacle, but as objects of ritual. Old café racers...